Maine Day, inaugurated by President Arthur Hauck in 1935, is traditionally held on the last regular Wednesday of the spring semester at the University of Maine. As part of the annual spring cleanup tradition, UMaine students, faculty and staff take part in a day of service and complete volunteer projects to spruce up campus. This […]
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The Maine Day Meal Packout (MDMP), now in its fourth year, has contributed more than 250,000 meals to food pantries across Maine. Coordinated by the Honors College Student Advisory Board at the University of Maine, the MDMP team was planning on donating another 75,000 meals before the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel and Mount Desert Islander highlighted University of Maine students who were inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Jeffrey Sanders, Orono, Aaron Watt, Hampden, and Saman Zare, Old Town, were welcomed into the honor society, […]
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To help meet the health care needs of the state of Maine during the COVID-19 pandemic, 38 undergraduate students in the University of Maine School of Nursing will graduate April 28 — two weeks early. Early graduation allows them to pursue their licensure sooner and, ultimately, expedite their entry into the workforce. “The class of […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts and the Maine Masque present a virtual “Quarantine Cabaret” at 6 p.m. Friday, April 17. Join SPA students and faculty for an evening of songs, monologues, comedy, juggling — and whatever else they can manage from the comfort of home. The event will be live online via […]
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University of Maine Campus Recreation is participating in the 2020 Recreation Movement, a collaboration between Riddle & Bloom, TikTok, the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) and more than 40 colleges and universities nationwide encouraging people to “stay active together, even when we’re apart” during the COVID-19 pandemic. This free virtual fitness program connects university students, […]
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The Maine Campus, the University of Maine’s student-run newspaper, will continue to publish articles online throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. While there will no longer be a printed paper, the articles will be available online every Monday. To share story ideas, contact the editor in chief at eic@mainecampus.com, the news editor at news@mainecampus.com, the sports editor […]
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The New York Times, Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5) covered an unofficial early commencement ceremony at the University of Maine on March 13. Dubbed “Corona-mencement” by student organizers, the event held in the Memorial Union offered a chance to recognize the class of 2020 in the face of the COVID-19 […]
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News Center Maine and WVII (Channel 7) covered Super Tuesday presidential primary activities on campus at the University of Maine. Mark Brewer, a professor of political science at UMaine, thinks more young voters will cast ballots this year than in prior years. “There is a high degree of energy,” he said. “Now part of that […]
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92.9 The Ticket radio station advanced the Woodsmen Team’s meet from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29 at Witter Farm. Team president Alexandra Karter invites the public to watch the traditional timber sports — including sawing, chopping, ax-throwing and chainsaw events. Teams from Colby, Unity and Dartmouth colleges and the University of New […]
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